like Steve and DB, I love November. the air is crisp, the skies clear, the nights chilly.

November hosts my favorite and most American of holidays, Thanksgiving: a day to give thanks, eat, eat some more, watch football, fix a plate of leftovers, watch some more football, go for a waddling walk, finish the pie. no gifting, no shopping, no dressing up. my kind of day!

Love the cooking, the family togetherness, the changing of the leaves, but also sad that winter has come again and the days will get shorter, the nights colder. Snow is pretty, but not when you have to get up at 5:00AM and shovel off your car and scrape off several inches of carbonite ice to be able to drive in to your soul-sucking job every morning. Mixed blessings, to put it shortly.